Advanced English Book 1 Lesson 3 Full Text Translation of Ships in the Desert

1, I am standing in the scorching sun, on the scorching steel deck of a fishing boat. During the harvest season, this fishing boat can process 15 tons of fish every day. But now is not the time to harvest. I stood on the hot steel deck of a fishing boat in the hot sun overhead. In the harvest season, this fishing boat can handle 15 tons of fish a day. But now is not the harvest season.

2. Although this fishing boat used to be the largest fishing base in Central Asia at this time, when I stood at the bow and looked into the distance, I saw that the hope of a bumper harvest was very slim.

Although this fishing boat was once the largest fishing base in Central Asia at the moment, when I stood at the bow and looked into the distance, I saw that the hope of a bumper harvest was very slim.

3. Looking around, the original scene of blue waves beating against the ship's rail no longer exists. Instead, it is a vast, dry and hot desert. Other fishing boats in the fishing fleet are stranded in the desert and scattered in the undulating sand dunes of Pito.

Looking around, the original scene of blue waves beating against the ship's rail no longer exists, and it is replaced by a vast dry and scorching desert. Other fishing boats in the fishing fleet were stranded in the desert and scattered in the undulating sand dunes stretching to the horizon.

Ten years ago, the Aral Sea was the fourth largest inland lake in the world, comparable to the Great Lakes of North America.

Ten years ago, the Aral Sea was the fourth largest inland lake in the world, equivalent to the largest of the five great lakes in North America.

Now, due to an ill-conceived water conservancy project, the water originally injected into the lake is introduced into the desert to irrigate cotton fields. The surface of the Aral Sea, a big lake, has gradually become smaller. The newly formed lakeshore is almost 40 kilometers away from the permanent berthing position of these fishing boats.

Now, due to the construction of an ill-conceived water conservancy project, the water originally injected into the lake is introduced into the desert to irrigate cotton fields, and the water surface of the Aral Sea gradually becomes smaller, and the newly formed shore is almost 40 kilometers away from where these fishing boats will park forever.

At the same time, people in Molinak, a nearby town, are still producing canned fish, but the fish they use are no longer from the Aral Sea, but are transported here from the Pacific fishing base across western Iberia more than 1000 miles away.

At the same time, people in Molinak, a nearby town, are still producing canned fish, but the fish used is not produced in the Aral Sea, but transported here from the Pacific fishing base across Siberia more than 1000 miles away.

This part mainly examines the knowledge points of adverbial clauses:

Adverbial clauses can be divided into time, place, reason, condition, purpose, result, concession, way and comparison according to their functions. Adverbial clauses are generally guided by conjunctions (subordinate conjunctions) and can also be caused by phrases. Clauses are usually separated from the main sentence by commas when they are located at the beginning or middle of a sentence, and they can be separated without commas when they are located at the end of a sentence.

Adverbials modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs or the whole sentence. Adverbs, prepositional phrases, infinitives, participles and clauses usually play a role.

For example:

Naturally, our grandparents were very happy to receive our call. (adverb)

Of course, our grandparents are very happy to receive our call.

We work hard from sunrise to sunset. (prepositional phrase)

We work very hard from sunrise to sunset.